The Green Divide: Urban Struggles for Environmental Justice Screening

On April 10th, over 25 students and faculty in Public Health, Urban Studies & Planning, Geography, and other programs on campus interested in environmental justice got together to watch a screening of a new documentary film, “The Green Divide: Urban Struggles for Environmental Justice.” Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski, Director of the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Technology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, joined us in person for a Q&A after the film.

The Green Divide documentary exposes the ignored injustices suffered by minoritized and working class communities in the race for cities to go green. Featuring interviews with urban researchers, activists and residents, the film delves into six stories from neighborhoods in Europe and North America (including Portland!), where the tensions between municipal greening and local community struggles results in new forms of activism and participation for improving the rights and health of all residents to the green and healthy city. Clips from the film are available on their website: https://www.bcnuej.org/thegreendivide/.

This event was co-sponsored by the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health’s Dr. Marisa Westbrook and the PSU Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning’s Dr. C.N.E Corbin. Our schools have a dual degree program — the Masters in Public Health in Health Promotion & Masters in Urban and Regional Planning — that allow students to pursue their intersectional interests in the fields of urban studies & health.

For more information, please contact MPH-MURP Dual Degree Advisor, Dr. Marisa Westbrook: marisaw@pdx.edu.